My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante This is more than a novel about friendship. The era in which she set the story plays just as much of a role in the telling as the characters. Italy’s turbulent history is evidenced within the very fabric of these characters, the community, and the codes they lived by. … Continue reading #BookBingo2020 – Round 3: Coming of Age
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#BookBingo – Round 23
Book written by an Australian woman more than 10 years ago: I Have a Bed Made of Buttermilk Pancakes by Jaclyn Moriarty Lent to me by a friend at work, I Have a Bed Made of Buttermilk Pancakes was a novel I hadn’t even heard of. But I read Gravity is The Thing earlier this … Continue reading #BookBingo – Round 23
#BookBingo – Round 21
I've filled a horizontal line this round. Bingo! Beloved Classic: The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne I have a lot of beloved classics but just in case I don’t read anymore of them this year, I figured I'd better lock this one in! This round gives me another full row filled across the top of … Continue reading #BookBingo – Round 21
#BookBingo – Round 20
This round gives me my second completed horizontal line - bingo! Romance: The Cinema at Starlight Creek by Alli Sinclair I don't read genre romance books at all, but I do read a lot of books that contain romance, particularly historical fiction. I've picked The Cinema at Starlight Creek for this category because it contained … Continue reading #BookBingo – Round 20
#BookBingo hits YouTube
I was pretty chuffed on Friday to see this Tweet: Book vlogger My Reading Days documents her progress so far with our bingo card. Crossing mediums like this, and also seeing other reviewers, who I don't even know, using the bingo card was rather thrilling. So much time goes into choosing categories each year, theming … Continue reading #BookBingo hits YouTube
#BookBingo – Round 3
Another double round! I am so pleased with how this challenge is progressing. This last fortnight, I've checked off: 500 pages or more: The Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon Which I read as a way of finding out what was going to happen in the rest of season four of Outlander. Waiting each week … Continue reading #BookBingo – Round 3
#BookBingo – Round 2
Summer reading is doing wonders for my book bingo challenge. This round is another double one for me! And two squares from the same row as well! Book set in the Australian mountains: Matryoshka by Katherine Johnson Matryoshka ebbs and flows with pain and hope. As Sara builds her new life and carves out the … Continue reading #BookBingo – Round 2
Bingo! The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton
It’s bingo Saturday once again – that rolled around fast! The square I’ve filled for this entry is: A book with a mystery Mystery threads itself right the way through this novel so it seemed like the obvious choice for this bingo square. While I read some crime fiction on occasion, mystery has never factored … Continue reading Bingo! The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton
Bingo! The Shepherd’s Hut by Tim Winton
It’s bingo Saturday once again – that rolled around fast! The square I’ve filled for this entry is: A Book Written by an Australian Man The Shepherd's Hut is the latest release by Tim Winton and it more than lives up to its highly anticipated release. This is a brutal novel, make … Continue reading Bingo! The Shepherd’s Hut by Tim Winton
Bingo! The Shape of Water by Daniel Kraus in collaboration with Guillermo del Toro
It’s bingo Saturday once again – that rolled around fast! The square I’ve filled for this entry is: A Book that became a Movie This is a book that has a slightly different journey to movie in that it was written alongside the creation of the movie, rather than simply having a … Continue reading Bingo! The Shape of Water by Daniel Kraus in collaboration with Guillermo del Toro
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